Epigmenio Ibarra

Una Obra del Pueblo (2022)

Feral (2021)

The mountains of Oaxaca harbor the remains of a ravaged and burnt shelter, once home to a psychoanalyst priest who used it to look after savage children, trying to re-integrate them into society. Through videotape diaries and interviews, the truth of what ...

Tattoo of Revenge (2018)

After suffering a violent incident, a woman decides to become a vigilante, defending every woman who has suffered from physical or psychological abuse. ...

The Gazelle's Dance (2018)

As a soccer star back in the day, Eugenio used to be known as "The Gazelle" for his speed and dexterity in the field. He retired young, unable to score a trophy. Now 72 and living in a retirement home, Eugenio is determined to win a dance contest with the ...

Traición (2018)

Felix (56) a criminal boss in the south of Mexico, has always wanted to go to San Francisco so see how drawbridges rise for ships to go through. Misela (23), whose romantic partners die if they make her cry, seeks comfort in her mother and wants to know wh ...

This Is What I Am (2017)

An autobiographic documentary about the candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. ...

The Greatest House in the World (2015)

Rocio, a Maya Mam girl, lives in the mountains with her mother, who is pregnant and her granny. Due to an early delivery from her mother, Rocio is stuck with caring for a herd of sheep, the first time she has done it on her own. Playing in the mountains sh ...

A Separate Wind (2014)

Omar (15) and Karina's (12) mother has a stroke during the family holidays. The siblings, drifting apart, will start a long journey through Mexico towards their grandmother's house. On the road they will face a broken and divided country. Where mistrust, r ...

De la infancia (2010)

Niebla, a teenage gangster, is killed in a shootout and his ghost returns to help Francisco, a ten-year-old boy who is the victim of constant abuse and violent attacks by his father, Basilio, an abusive and violent thief, adored and feared by his son. ...

Juana Had Hair of Gold (2006)

A magician announces in a show that in Ciénaga, a small town on the Colombian Atlantic Coast, there's a little girl whose hair is made of real gold: Juana. The Deacon, the Mayor, and the greedy population of this town find in this unusual gift the solutio ...

Lucía, Lucía (2003)

Lucia, an children's book author, tells the story of her husband's disappearance. One day on their way to Brazil he just disappears. She goes to the police, gets a ransom note, and makes friends with the old dude downstairs and the young dude upstairs as s ...

A Breakfast Chronicle (2000)

A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the ...

The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas (1995)

"Just before dawn on New Year's Day 1994, armed Mayan Indians declared war on the government. They immediately seized eight towns in Chiapas and set in motion events that ripped away a facade of prosperity and stability to reveal 'the other Mexico'. They d ...

Viaje al centro de la selva. Memorial zapatista (1994)

Tiempo de audacia (1983)

This documentary juxtaposes scenes of El Salvador's opposition factions, including U.S. government advisors and government troops, and guerrillas and their sympathizers. ...

Xantolo, fiesta de la muerte (1973)

This film portrays the dead day festival in Alahualtitla, Chicontepec Township in the state of Veracruz, and highlights the dependence of small communities of the town merchants and lenders, who allow the financing of these traditional festivals. ...

Tlaxiaco, tierra de nubes (1972)

The market town of Tlaxiaco dresses in multicolors when its inhabitants gather to sell their merchandise and thus obtain a resource to subsist. ...

The Engineer (2012)

A portrait of the personal journey of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano during his third presidential campaign. It is a moment in contemporary history told from the experiences of the defeated opposing political group. A fundamental piece of the history of ...